[R] SetInternet2, RCurl and proxy

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Mon, 31 Jan 2011, moleps islon wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Using the SetInternet2(TRUE) option works wonders with R in my sealed
> down work-environment. However, I'd like to use RCurl and apparently
> the proxy settings are not carried over. Is it possible to figure out
> the proxy-IP and port number from R after invoking SetInternet2?

No, but it should be from your browser: all SetInternet2 does is to 
switch to use Internet Explorer internals.  cURL (and hence RCurl) 
knows nothing about IE's settings.

Note that if all you need is the proxy details, then you don't need 
SetInternet2: see ?download.file.  However, many sites need to 
authenticate to the proxy ....

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